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Alex Sobel vs Lee Anderson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Lee Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 887 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 848 different votes 887 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 20 No
Transport 3% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 79 No
Migration 0% aligned 114 shared votes
79 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 87 shared votes
58 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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